Flood of Bills On State Issues Seen as Session
Wisconsin legislators prepare for a biennial session with about 1,600 bills to consider. Republicans hold a 25 to 8 Senate and 63 to 37 Assembly margin, Democrats gain in both houses. Budget, higher learning integration, highway financing, pensions, unemployment, and tax policy loom as major topics.
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Arthur Bystrom
Madison
Wisconsin
Solomon
Senate
Assembly
Board of Regents
Kohler
University of Wisconsin
Republican Party
Lesignative Council
Harold Plummer
Highway Commission
Bang
Monroe Jaycees honor Scherer and Dearth as outstanding citizens
Harold E Scherer business manager of the Monroe Clinic and Joseph C Dearth of Dearth Motors were named Monroe outstanding citizen and outstanding young man of the year at the Bosses Night banquet. Billy Bruton Milwaukee Braves outfielder spoke and was made an honorary member.
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Harold E
Scherer
Joseph C. Dearth
Monroe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Clinic
Jaycee
Dearth
Billy Bruton
Milwaukee Braves
Braves
Bruton
Monroe Jaycee
Ray J. Ohman
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Kenneth W. Stuart
Howard L. Orians
Kersten Seeks Federal Judgeship Following House defeat
Former Wisconsin Republican Rep Charles J Kersten aims for a federal judgeship in the Eastern District of Wisconsin He urges support from Wisconsin colleagues for the newly created judgeship The post was recommended by Senator Wiley and Kersten is also rumored for a State Department role in psychological warfare but no confirmation was given
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Washington
Charles J. Kersten
Milwaukee
Henry Reuss
Kersten
House
Wisconsin
Sen
Wiley
Charles D. Ashley
State Department
Cheddar Values Dip In Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Trading
Cheddars fell off a half cent with closing sales at 32 cents. Ten cars cheddars 32 cents, five cars cheddars 314 percent, one car pasteurized single daisies 34, one car pasteurized longhorns 34, one car pasteurized longhorns 3354. Offers: eight cars cheddars 32, one car cheddars 32, 10 cars cheddars 32. Unfilled: one car pasteurized single daisies 34. Trading tone weak on cheddars and pasteurized longhorns opened weak, closed steady.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Sheppard’s Mother Found Shot to Death
Mrs. Edythe Sheppard, 62, mother of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, was found shot in the Rocky River home of Dr. Stephen Sheppard. Police ruled it suicide after Betty Sheppard reported finding her mother-in-law in bed with a revolver by her side.
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Cleveland
Edythe Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Stephen Sheppard
Rocky River
Betty Sheppard
Steve
George Genora
Tito backs coexistence in world power relations
Yugoslav President Tito said he saw no reason why peaceful coexistence could not be applied to the United States and Soviet Russia. He spoke in Rangoon Burma urging détente and restraint among major powers.
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Tito
Rangoon
Burma
United States
Soviet Russia
Japanese Beetle Seen Near Wisconsin Invasion Threat
Madison Wisconsin entomologist P W Appie warned at a state conference that the Japanese beetle may invade Wisconsin as warm spring awakens it. Found last year near Rockford Illinois, the insect is described as hardy and destructive to farms and orchards. federal and state experts plan chemical warfare if the invasion occurs.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Rockford
Ill
P. W. Appie
Appie
Thurman Grinnell Madison Police Desk Sergeant Dies
Thurman A Grinnell 68 longtime Madison resident and former police desk sergeant died in a Madison hospital after a weeklong illness. He retired in 1952 after 16 years as desk sergeant, had 43 years in Madison, and leaves a wife two daughters Mrs Richard Schott Mrs Russell Raney and two sons Lewis and Richard. Services set for 1 p m at Schroeder funeral home with Rev A C Schumacher officiating. Burial in Greenwood cemetery Monroe.
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Thurman A. Grinnell
Esther Grinnell
Mark
Harry Grinnell
Monroe
Madison Hospital
Schroeder Funeral Home
A. C. Schumacher
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Grinnell
Madison
Green County
Richard Schott
Russell Raney
Lewis
Richard
Jet Pilot Bails Out Saved by Jap Vessel
An American airman, Lt. Elias R. Monfort II of Louisville Kentucky, bailed out of his F 86 D Sabrejet during a night training mission and was rescued by a Japanese freighter 150 miles northeast of Okinawa after a rescue plane guided the ship to the scene.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Elias R. Monfort II
Louisville
Robert C. Barlow
Tacoma
Wash
Benson urges efficiency over federal farm aid in speech
Secretary of Agriculture Benson told the National Council of Farmer Co operatives that gains come from research education and marketing. He endorsed efficiency and new price supports while opposing government aid for prices and noted only small price floor reductions this year.
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Chicago
Benson
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
GOP
Stevens Denies Resignation Plans Amid Controversy
Secretary of the Army Stevens denied reports of his resignation saying he has never felt better and will not leave office. The Times notes he may resign after a successor is found, while Senators push for a new probe into Irving Peress’s discharge in the Army McCarthy dispute. Peress, once an Army mayor, is now in private practice in New York.
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Washington
Stevens
New York Times
Eisenhower
John G. Adams
Army
Washington Dispatch
The
Times
McCarthy
Daniel
Dtex
Watkins
Utah
Irving Peress
Senate
Peress
Sen
New York
B 47 Jet Breaks Endurance and Distance Records
An Air Force B 47 bomber set new endurance and distance marks by staying aloft 47 hours 35 minutes and covering 21000 miles. The flight involved a six-jet B 47 shuttling between England and North Africa and landed at Fairford RAF Base near London with an average speed around 445 mph.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
Clifford C. Furnas
University of Buffalo
Washington
England
North Africa
Fairford Royal Air Force Base
London
Bull Sale and Exhibit Set for Tomorrow at Fairgrounds
The 25 Holstein bulls consigned to the 4 H FFA and Breeders sale will be on exhibit at the fairgrounds stock pavilion by 10 30 a m tomorrow. The sale begins at 1 p m. Bulls come from 435 pound dams or better and health sheets are required on arrival. Each bull carries a breeding warranty and has tested negative for Bangs disease TB tests or originates from accredited herds. Sales committee members are H Otto Elmer Edward Oliver and Arthur Stauffacher Kendal Digman handles pedigrees Hermat J Schmitz is ringman F L Buchschacher serves as auctioneer.
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Fairgrounds
Wisconsin
H. Otto Elmer
Monticello
Edward Oliver
Albany
Arthur Stauffacher
Kendal Digman
Hermat J. Schmitz
F. L. Buchschacher
Police start anti-kissing squad in Turin theaters
In Turin Italy a new police unit targeting public kissing began operations on Thursday. In the first four hours officers arrested 35 couples in motion picture theaters.
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Turin
Italy
Chairmen Named in Green County Dairy Promotion Program
Green County Dairy Promotion steering committee outlined its 1955 plan at a Farm Bureau meeting. Grant Allen chairs. next meeting Feb 10. Projects include dairy exhibits at fairs, milk service to factories, home nutrition campaigns, dairy in eating places, county clinics, roadside signs, ADA funds, 4-H youth dairy activities, butter quality promotion, and school milk programs with named local leaders.
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Green County Dairy Promotion Steering Committee
Farm Bureau
Green County
Grant Allen
William J. Figs
Jordan Township
Myrtle Webb
G. Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
O. N. Johnson
ADA
Ed J. Kaderly
Juda
Joyce Stauffacher
Robert Brunkow
Norman Everson
C. E. Allen
Monroe Grocer
Minimum Wage Increase Sparks Senate Debate
President Eisenhower seeks a 90 cent federal hourly minimum with alternatives up to $1, sparking party splits and calls for broader coverage. Senators weigh economic impact, farm labor effects, and Taft Hartley changes as labor leaders demand bolder action
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Labor Committee
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Hill
South
AFL
CIO
Grocery veteran Bruha dies in La Crosse at 87
Anton J. Bruha, likely Wisconsin’s oldest active grocer, died today in La Crosse. He owned and ran a corner store for 70 years, building a long local business career.
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LA Crosse
Anton J. Bruha
Wisconsin
Bruha
Soviet General Warns of H Bomb Retaliation
Lt. Gen. Gritchen argues in Pravda and on Moscow Radio that if the United States drops a hydrogen bomb on Russia, the Communists would retaliate by dropping one on America. He claims the USSR has means to defeat an aggressor and counters U.S. assurances of a swift U.S. victory.
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London
United States
Russia
Theommunists
America
Gritchen
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Gritchin
Washington
U.S.S.R
Stocks Rally In Trade Rush
New York stocks rallied strongly after a two day break with opening gains and steady progress into the afternoon. The market topped near four points, with many one to two point advances and few losses, volumes climbing to 5 300 000 shares, highest since early wartime Europe.Leading gainers included Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Jones and Laughlin Steel U S Steel Mack Truck Lee Rubber Western Union Atlantic Coast Line Sunray Oil American Petroleum Climax Molybdenum Union Carbide New York Central and Alleghany Corp.
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New York
Europe
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Jones and Laughlin Steel
U. S. Steel
Mack Truck
Lee Rubber
Western Union
Atlantic Coast Line
Sunray Oil
Amerada Petroleum
Climax Molybdenum
Union Carbide
New York Central
Alleghany Corp
U N chief and Chou end second China talks in Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold held a second three hour forty five minute meeting with Premier Chou En Lai of Red China to seek the release of eleven U S airmen imprisoned as spies and other personnel. The talks followed a first session of three hours and total over seven hours with Peiping's premier and foreign minister.
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Tokyo
Dag
Peiping
Hammarskjold Party
U. N
New York
Eisenhower State of the Union Divides Democrats
Democratic leaders and rank and file debated President Eisenhower's State of the Union message which urged cooperation and outlined 33 reform goals. Some critics called the plan too optimistic while others praised foreign policy aims and a durable peace, yet several cautioned on domestic measures including farm supports and minimum wage.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Alaska
Japanese steel firms eye coal imports from Red China
Japanese steel companies plan to import 300000 to 400000 tons of coal this year from Red China after price increases in U S coal. The move targets easing domestic shortages and stabilizing production costs amid market shifts.
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China
Tokyo
U. S
Red
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